[HTML][HTML] A global reptile assessment highlights shared conservation needs of tetrapods

N Cox, BE Young, P Bowles, M Fernandez, J Marin… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Comprehensive assessments of species' extinction risks have documented the extinction
crisis 1 and underpinned strategies for reducing those risks 2. Global assessments reveal …

A global phylogeny of turtles reveals a burst of climate-associated diversification on continental margins

RC Thomson, PQ Spinks… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Living turtles are characterized by extraordinarily low species diversity given their age. The
clade's extensive fossil record indicates that climate and biogeography may have played …

Turtles in Malaysia: A review of conservation status and a call for research

MH Mohd Salleh, Y Esa, SM Salleh, SA Mohd Sah - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Turtles are threatened all over the world. Malaysia has 24 species of
turtles. This review focuses on current conservation status and some requirements for …

Widespread use of migratory megafauna for aquatic wild meat in the tropics and subtropics

DJ Ingram, M Prideaux, NK Hodgins… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Wild animals are captured or taken opportunistically, and the meat, body parts, and/or eggs
are consumed for local subsistence or used for traditional purposes to some extent across …

Impacts of loss of free-flowing rivers on global freshwater megafauna

F He, M Thieme, C Zarfl, G Grill, B Lehner… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
The fragmentation of free-flowing rivers (FFRs) through major infrastructure development
remains a pivotal threat to global freshwater biodiversity. More than 3400 large hydropower …

Is the future female for turtles? Climate change and wetland configuration predict sex ratios of a freshwater species

HP Roberts, LL Willey, MT Jones… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change and land‐use change are leading drivers of biodiversity decline, affecting
demographic parameters that are important for population persistence. For example …

Population viability of sea turtles in the context of global warming

AS Maurer, JA Seminoff, CA Layman, SP Stapleton… - …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Sea turtles present a model for the potential impacts of climate change on imperiled species,
with projected warming generating concern about their persistence. Various sea turtle life …

Impacts of meander migration on the Amazon riverine communities using Landsat time series and cloud computing

GW Nagel, EML de Moraes Novo, VS Martins… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
River meander migration is a process that maintains biodiverse riparian ecosystems by
producing highly sinuous rivers, and oxbow lakes. However, although the floodplains …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of legalization and wildlife farming on conservation

JB Rizzolo - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021 - Elsevier
Many wildlife species are impacted by unsustainable consumption. Wildlife is consumed for
such diverse purposes as food, medicine, ornamentation, entertainment, and social status …

Evaluation of headstarting as a conservation tool to recover Blanding's Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) in a highly fragmented urban landscape

T Wijewardena, MG Keevil, NE Mandrak, AM Lentini… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Freshwater turtle populations are declining globally as a result of anthropogenic activities.
Threats to turtles in urban areas are exacerbated by road mortality and subsidized …